Saw-gage



F. E. HINDS.

SAW ems.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 12, I92l. I U

Patented Oct. 1921-.

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s w GAGE. APPLICATION FILED FEB-12,192!- 1,393,126, I Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS E. KINDS, OF LANSING, KANSAS.

' SAW-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

Application filed February 12, 1921. Serial No. 444,542.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANoIs E. Times, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lansing, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Gages, of which the following is a specification reference being'had to the accompanying drawings. v

This invention relates to certain improvements in saw gages, and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this gen-- eral character having novel and improved means whereby a desired angle of cut may beefiected with convenience and facility.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this general character embodying a table or base having associated therewith a saw arranged for reciprocationin a fixed path of travel in a direction parallel to the working face of the table or base and wherein said working face of the table or base is provided with means whereby the work may be disposed at a required angle withrespect to the saw to effect a desired cut.

' The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved saw gage whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed. I In order that my invention may be the better understood, I Will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in top plan of a saw gage constructed in accordance with an em bodiment .of my lnvention;

Fig. 2 is a view'in sideelevation of the device as illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 'is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on the line 3 -3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through the structure as illustrated in Fig. 3 and to one side. of the saw Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevation illustrating on of he. sa and F g. '6 is a fragmentary transverse secdepth gages, coacting with the tional view taken through the central portion of the base or table and illustrating the spline coacting therewith.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, B denotes a base or table of desired dimensions and preferably oblong in form and having its upper or working face fiat. Disposed transversely across the under face of the base or table B are the cleats 1 which provide means whereby said base or table B may be supported a distance above the surface upon which it is rested.

Disposed longitudinally of the upper or working face of the base or table B and at substantially the transverse center thereof is a groove orchannel 2 in which is snugly engaged the wooden'spline 3 having an upper fiat face which is substantially flush with the upper or working face of the base or table B'when said spline is in applied position.

Extending upwardly from the base or table B at opposite sides of the groove or channel 2 and in close proximity thereto are the guide members G of duplicate construction and transversely alined. Each of the guide members G is formed of a single length of material arranged into substantially the form of an'inverted U with the free end portions of the side arms 4 disposed through the base or table B and clamped thereto through the medium of the collar 5 carried by each of the arms 4 and contacting with the upper or working surface of the base or table B and a coacting clamping nut 6 engaged with the lower'portion of each of said arms and engaging the under surface of the base or table B.

The intermediate or horizontal portion 7 of each of the members G in close proximity to one of the side arms 4 is bent to provide Surrounding the portion of the shank within the slot 9 is an antifriction sleeve 11 whereby the sawS may be reciprocated with a minimum of frictional resistance.

Qne end portion of the shank 10 is pro I sever the work, the teeth of said saw spline 3 an I of these two alined series of openings is pref-- vided with a winged head 12 and threaded upon the opposite end portion of the shank is a nut 14. Interposed between the head 12 and the adjacent guide member G and be-' tween the nut 1 1- and the adjacent guide member G are the washers 15 surrounding the shank 10 and interposed between the guide members G and the back of the saw are the washers 16 also surrounding the shank 10.

Operatively engaged with the guide members G at the ends thereof and adjacent the top of the side arms 1 are the thumb screws 17 whereby said guide members G may be moved one relative to the other to tighten or loosen the sawS between the guide members Gr or to tightly clamp said saw S between the guide members when the saw is not in use. When it is desired to remove the saw for purposes of filing or repairs, it is only necessary to sufficiently retract the thumb screws 17 to permit said saw to be readily lifted out from between the guide members G.

Slidably mounted upon the inner leg 18 of the loop 8 of each of the guide members Gr and the arm 4 remote therefrom are the blocks 19 adapted to be, maintained in a fixed position through the instrumentality of the binding screws 20 threaded through a said blocks forbinding action upon either the leg 18 or'the arm 4.

The blocks 19' extend sufficiently within thespace between the guide members @7130 provide stops for coaction with an under or inner edge of the back of the saw to limit the downward movement of the saw so that said blocks operate as a gage to regulate the depth of the cut of the saw into the work,

ends, and means. coacting with the upper when required.

Whenthe saw is employed to completely as they pass through such work will engage the d when said spline has become unduly worn or placed. The use of the spline is also of particular importance when the base or table B is of metaL:

Suitably produced'on the upper or work- I ing face of'the base or table 13 are the circles 21 concentric to each other and to a point on the upper or working face of the base or table 13 between the arms 4: of the guide members G and directly below the blade of.

the applied saw S. Radiating from the axial center of the circles 21 are series of alined openings 22 with each series of Sitld openings at one slde of said axial center ahned w1th' a series of o penings at the opposite side thereof. Each wishto be understoodas limiting myself in this 'exact particular Each series of opencut, it can be readily reings 22 are spaced apart a predetermined number of degrees as determined by an indication 23 arranged between the circles 21. With the angle of cut for the work determined, upstanding pegs 24: are engaged within the opposed alined series of openings 22 in accordance with the required angle and the work placed thereagainst and properly underlying the blade of the saw S.

It is. to be understood that any number of series of openings 22 may be provided as the necessities of practice may determine and it will be obvious that the pegs 2 1, my improved gage may be em- From the foregoing description it is thought to beobvious that a saw gage constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may. be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my inventionin p-racticeexcept as hereinafter claimed. r r

I claim: r j

1. A saw gage comprising a base, guide by properly arranging members extending upwardly from the base and in transverse alinement, said members vertically directed loops open at their upper portions of the guide members for moving the same one relative tothe' other in a transverse direction.

2. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a base, guide members extending upwardly from said base and transversely alined, said members being provided with transversely 'alined and vertically disposed loops, a saw arranged between the guide members and provided with a longitudinally disposed slot, a shank extending through the loops of the guide members and the slot-of the saw, means for holding said shank -against displacement, and a sleeve loosely surrounding the portion 3. A sawlgage comprising a base, guide of the shank within the slot :ofithe saw.

members extending upwardly from the base and in transverse alinement, said members being-in duplicatmeach of said members be ing substantially 111 the form of an inverted 7U, saidguide members being providedwith vertically directed loops open at their upper ends,; and set screws connecting the upper portions of the guide members adjacent ends, means ooacting with the upper portheir opposite ends to move said guide Inemtions of the guide members for moving the bers transversely one relative to the other. same one relative to the other in a transverse 4;. A saw gage comprising a base, guide direction and a block adjustably engaged 5 members extending upwardly from the base with a leg of one of the loops and serving as 15 and in transverse alinement, said members a depth gage. being in duplicate, each of said members be- In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my ing substantially in the form of an inverted signature. U, said guide members being provided with 10 vertically directed loops open at their upper FRANCIS E. HINDS. 

